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Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:40:26 -0400
...the trouble and expense of installing a diesel in their van vs staying with a gasoline engine???? Gasoline here in my are can be...
Repower? Why not Estima/Previa?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 8 Sep 2000 22:53:43 +1200
...The 2.2 turbodiesel 3CT engine, an SOHC 8-valve design with belt-driven cam, would be just the berries too...the Estima diesel...
Oil pump losing prime on 55 degree conversion..solved?
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:50:04 -0500
...Today I went out to pull the distributor and prime the engine, but first, on a whim, swapped the diesel oil filter back in...
Re: Question on 1.9 Vanagon conversion
Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
Sun, 23 May 1999 20:10:57 -0400
...edu/~jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/D1_6lOilRet.jpg > >/martin >-- >Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel >Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel > >Martin Jagersand email: jag...
Re: NVC Re: VW, honour, and culture
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 23:06:27 -0400
...go and get the the diesel engine certified. > Underling goes to his/her underling and tells them get it done. And so on. > Diesel...
A/C in a diesel Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Mon, 26 Jun 95 12:54:17 EDT
...The trouble is, the poor diesel engine puts out 47 hp max. And the Westy, with all its bulk, leaves no margin for the...
Re: Diesel Westy FS
Historical mailing list - Kleinwagen
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:16:31 EST
In a message dated 98-03-10 18:10:56 EST, jag@CS.YALE.EDU writes: << 1982 VOLKSWAGEN POPTOP VAN, 4-speed, DIESEL engine...
Diesel Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:38:33 -0400
What range of years did VW put diesel engines in Vanagons? Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis temporarily hailing from OKC 86 Transporter...
Re: Diesel Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
Sun, 12 Aug 2001 22:23:13 +0000
...kdlewis@JUNO.COM > writes: > > << What range of years did VW put diesel engines in Vanagons? >> > > I have a 1.6td in my 1989 Syncro...
Diesel ASI Camper for engine conversion
Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:46:27 -0800
...Seattle) 1982 diesel vangon ASI camper - excellent shape in and out. Motor is toast due to freeze plug falling out and engine overheating. Tranny...
Diesel Engine Mounts
Historical mailing list - Veedub
Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:19:39 -0400
I am looking for a good place to get replacement engine mounts for my van. Who has the best price on them ? (I am...
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Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 23 May 2017 14:33:08 -0700
...http://www.oemepc.com/files/img/Bilder/114/114103150.png Have diesel folks found that this windage tray PN 044103609D fits over the newer...
Re: Is the List highly infected?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:50:16 +1200
...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi...
Re: don't push our trip meter while driving!
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:17:12 +1200
...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi) 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon 1989...
Re: German custom T3 images
Historical mailing list - andrewbell
Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:07:13 -0500
...SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD > 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD > 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon...
Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Wed, 12 May 2004 18:59:43 -0700
...alternative fuel vehicles in a regulation that, by its wording, prohibited diesel engines, etc. The U.S. Supreme Court recently shot this reg down...
Re: Intercooler for TD engines?
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:59:41 -0400
vegfunman just uploaded some pictures of his Saab 900 intercooler installation in a Vanagon at the Yahoo! Audi-VW-Diesels group: http://groups.yahoo...
Re: Oil question - synthetic, 'real' oil, etc
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:08:04 -0400
...Note now that most gasoline engine motor ails are no longer rated for use in diesels at all. For example, Castrol GTX no longer...
Re: New to the vanagon world...
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:37:32 +1200
...engine, the more I like it, and this started me to thinkin' that maybe I should convert all our family vehicles to diesels. I...
Re: turbocharger: how to destroy it
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:06:48 -0500
...I've seen Jetta turbo diesels with over 200k on the origional engine and turbo, I've also seen the turbo die 2 times...
Re: prospective '82 diesel -good mechanicals, so-so body
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:19:47 -0600
The diesel is easy to pull and overhaul. You know the deal with a rusty body. If you had another body, a swap wouldn...
Re: Conversion Choices
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 2 Sep 2012 16:46:43 -0700
...Mark Robert Keezer wrote: > I just spent an hour today weighing it all and the Diesel engine doesn't > have any extreme left side...
Re: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:04:18 -0700
...Changing the model of 4 cyl diesel engine does not affect it. Ken at Vanagain had rebuilt ones at a good price a while...
Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:13:08 -0500
...key as soon as the engine fired, but that doesn't work so well on a cold diesel, especially one with somewhat weak compression...
82 Diesel Overheating
Historical mailing list - John D. Sutter
Fri, 4 Nov 94 17:50:20 -0500
I'm looking at buying an 82 Diesel Westfalia (asking for trouble?). It has it's problems but it should meet my needs. The...
Is there a Diesel Vanagon with Power Steering ?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:31:45 -0800
...Engine) I noticed that I have to do something with the power steering pump. How is the power steering done in a Diesel Vanagon...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger" HOLD IT!!
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:19:28 -0500
...So, don't be too quick to judge at least in the diesel category. I don't know about gasoline engines, but Diesels REALLY...
Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 07:51:00 +0200
...In Syncros the engine is lowered by 2 cm or 3 cm. In this way you can't use the regular Diesel engine mounts...
Re: V8 Caravelle
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:09:49 +1200
...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi) 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon 1989...
WAS: diesel 2 gas swap. IS: engine on side & oil flow
Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
Tue, 18 May 1999 11:52:33 -0700
>> so the engine is lying over at 50 degrees. Why doesn't having the engine on its side give adverse issues to the oil...
Re: Oil Level Again
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:04:16 -0400
...This is the > > diesel service rated oil. Oil pressure is typically (engine rpm/1000) +(3 > > to 5) psi, i.e. 3500 rpm:38-40psi...
Re: looking for Some used diesel parts.
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 18:52:42 -0400
...of 1.6 diesel vanagon; now I have the housing bell of diesel, for the trannsmission, and 1.8 engine pulled of jetta 91...
RE: For the dreamers
Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
Tue, 8 Jul 1997 09:32:35 -0500
...That the capacity to burn diesel is limited by the amount of air being drawn into the engine. If I start at full throttle...
Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sat, 30 Nov 2002 08:37:49 -0800
...pressuers a diesel generates. > > But I have to naively ask, because such an engine would probably easily fit > under the vanagon engine lid plus...
Re: TDI (passat, golf)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 04 Jun 1996 15:28:00 -0400 (EDT)
...In a majority of passenger car diesel engines, there is a separate |prechamber that the fuel is injected into; i.e. not directly above...
Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:01 +0000
...Turns out it was a diesel, and it was overheating. I'd > > never really seen a diesel Vanagon engine bay up close before ( > > seriously...
Re: Any diesel people out there?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 17:48:38 -0800
I have a 1986 Syncro Turbo Diesel - I am getting pretty good at the Diesel fuel system. If you have any questions let me...
Haynes manual for diesel Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:32:36 -0500
I was wondering which Haynes manual would cover the diesel Vanagon engine? Would it be this one: 1977-84 Rabbit, Jetta, Pick-ups? Was...
Diesel pulley needed urgently!
Historical mailing list - Denmiester
Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:16:03 -0400
...Trying to put a diesel engine back together on my 82 Westie, and need the adjustable second pulley assembly on the end of the...
Re: Z-tech convert
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:22:30 -0700
...I await their notice that they have THE diesel engine, maybe the new Subaru diesel. Malcolm --- Bob Mac <BOBMACDOWELL@WEBTV.NET> wrote: > I can...
Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 07:18:51 +0200
>I was planning such a swap, but I discovered that the Diesel starter and >the Syncro gastank had clearance problems. Going with a KEP...
Re: Snide Remarks -- goes with Favorite Questions
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:10:03 +1200
...SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon...
Re: Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted
Historical mailing list - karl
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 00:30:40 -0400
...Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted > Hi- > > I have read many of the diesel engine replacement posts in the archives but > few of them...
Re: crashing
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:46:19 +1200
...with Subaru EG33 engine etc) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 sedan 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 van 1989...
Re: '82 Diesel Westy to 1.9L TDI
Historical mailing list - Kevin Disse
Fri, 2 Aug 96 21:58:42 -0500
...my 82 diesel to a TDI. Anybody out there done >anything > >similar? I've got a source for the new engine. I'm thinking...
Re: Vanagon running on vegetable oil
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:42:23 -0500
...a Bio Diesel you better check out > your > > local fuel supplies because you may still be paying for Diesel. > > > > Stan Wilder > > Engine Ceramics > > 214...
FS: Diesel Parts
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:13:33 -0700
I've been doing some cleaning lately and found a bunch of Vanagon diesel parts in some storage bins. These parts came off a...
Re: Big bore diesels in a Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:30:17 -0700
...v-8 diesel that's in the 2001 c****/f***/d**** pick-ups? you might get MSDS to use that engine instead of the...
1.9 TDI FS
Historical mailing list - b.t.allen
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 19:12:27 -0500
...engine, not from a wreck, 110K, Mobil 1 from birth, new head and 80-100K timing belt kit from Diesel geek. Complete engine less...
Re: Shop manual for 1.9 turbo diesel
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 20:08:56 -0800
...9 turbo diesel Can anyone tell me where I can get a shop manual for the 1.9 turbo diesel engine. Thanks, Marty _________________________________________________________________ Help...
Re: Diesel to Gas conversion
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Jan 95 17:44:06 EST
...In principle it is not a difficult process of swapping the diesel for an inline 4 cyl Rabbit engine (this seems to be the...
Re: 82 diesel westy for sale RI
Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
Thu, 14 Nov 1996 02:02:39 -0500 (EST)
...dents or dings thatb I noticed.The > > sign proclaimed a "new" diesel engine and camping interior fuctional. > > Everything inside seemed intact and relatively clean...
fixed my diesel exhaust
Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
Tue, 4 May 1999 16:53:10 -0700
...the engine but the price was right for now with vacation coming up. Thanks to everyone who replied. Jim Snyder '81 Rabbit diesel (for...
Turbo Diesel Power and Economy Comments/ Gasoline Too
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:45:44 EDT
Recently, Nate Wall on the Audi-VW-Diesels list reposted the URL to the excellent SAE paper on the design of the VW/Audi...
Re: 97 EV's
Historical mailing list
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 12:22:58 +0200
...to sell the turbo diesels in Canada? VW cannot sell them any more in Germany, the tax on this engine will rise over DM...
Re: Advice on TD engine problem
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Sun, 10 May 2015 07:20:49 -0500
...How much of the engine did > the builder assemble? Is it at stock diesel vanagon engine angle? > On May 9, 2015 2:42 PM...
Re: Mexican VW Van Trannys
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:17:54 -0800
...It has a poor picture of the engine compartment, but I think the engine is lays over like a diesel. It is a 1800cc...
Re: honda diesel vanagon quits
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:37:21 -0800
...you were going in reverse as Honda engines spin "backwards" as compared to the rest of the engines in the world. It's Friday...
Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:02:56 -0700
...the trouble and > expense > of installing a diesel in their van vs staying with a goline engine???? > > Gasoline here in my are can be...
Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global efficiency Q?
Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:52:50 -0400
...TDI engines however emit particles which can cause smog. Technology is available today to filter those diesel particles which are also considered carcinogenic from...